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19 -- FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE NATO SUBMARINE RESCUE SYSTEM SOL NSM 13B/60890 POC Jon Goodwin UK 011-44-1225-883391. This feasibility study will be under the management of the UK based Project Management Office acting for the Steering Committee of the NASTO Project Group PG38. Any resultant contract will be firm priced, issued by the MoD (UK), and subject to English law. The purpose of the FS is to provide an experimental, technical, and financial appraisal of the feasibility of developing and producing a submarine rescue system to the requirements of NATO. This will probably be based on either a submarine rescue vehicle (SRV) or a remotely operated rescue vehicle (RORV). The FS will be broadly based and sufficiently comprehensive to provide an estimate of the cost of ownership and the identification of the associated risks of the most viable option. These risks will be resolved by detailed design and management during the follow-on phases. The FS will cover the following areas: operational missions and scenarios for submarine rescue, pressurized rescue, rescue vehicle features and system descriptions, emergency capabilities, transportation and handling (road, rail and air) etc. Contractors and groups led by contractors for the following nations are invited to express an interest: Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK and USA. A pre-qualification exercise will be held prior to issue of an invitation to tender. Expected issue date is November 1995 with award planned for January 1996. QA standards: ISO 9001 with ISO 9000-3(software). Notifications of interest are to be made in writing by 15 September 1995 to the MoD (UK) Contracts Branch, DB/SM13B, Room 90, Block F, Foxhill, Bath, Avon BAT 5AB, UK. Fax number is 011-44-1225-882854. (0228)

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